Barbara Nice. Barbara Nice (Janice Connolly). Copyright: BBC
Barbara Nice

Barbara Nice

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 2
  • 2015 - 2017
  • 5 episodes (1 series)

Sitcom starring Janice Connolly and John Henshaw as husband and wife Barbara and Ken Nice. Also features Angela Curran.

Press clippings

Barbara Nice review

Audience sitcoms are notoriously hard to get right, but this pacy, funny and feelgood hits all the right notes. TV commissioners ought to be taking notice.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th March 2017

Why Barbara Nice is throwing herself into her new show

Barbara Nice, created by Janice Connolly, performs her trademark stage dive, even on Radio 2.

Roz Laws, The Birmingham Mail, 11th March 2017

Radio 2 announces new season of comedy pilots

Radio 2's Comedy Showcase strand is to return, with comedies starring the likes of Harry & Paul, Romesh Ranganathan, Tim Vine and Cardinal Burns.

British Comedy Guide, 14th February 2017

BBC Radio 2 announces new comedy sitcom Barbara Nice

BBC Radio 2 has announced the commission of a new comedy sitcom series, Barbara Nice, which is to be recorded in Birmingham and Salford this summer.

BBC Press Office, 3rd May 2016

Radio 2 pilot for Barbara Nice

Janice Connolly's Barbara Nice character is to star in her own Radio 2 Comedy Showcase sitcom pilot.

British Comedy Guide, 12th October 2015

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